56 min
Friday, March 15, 2024 – Confronting forced sterilization of Indigenous women Native America Calling
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A bill just introduced in Canada would outlaw what most of the developed world has considered a human rights violation for decades. The law would prohibit sterilizing women without their consent. An Indigenous woman testified in front of lawmakers that she was sterilized without any prior discussion. Her mother was also sterilized without consent decades prior. The discussion comes as women from the U.S., Canada, and around the world confront past abuses of medical professionals who said they were working in the best interests of Indigenous woman.
GUESTS
Madonna Thunderhawk (Lakota), community worker with Standing Strong Grandmothers
Morningstar Mercredi (Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation), traditional oratory storyteller
Kahsenniyo Kick (Mohawk) multi-disciplinary artist and sterilization survivor
Anne Pilegaard Petersen, co-host of “Spiralkampagnen” podcast
A bill just introduced in Canada would outlaw what most of the developed world has considered a human rights violation for decades. The law would prohibit sterilizing women without their consent. An Indigenous woman testified in front of lawmakers that she was sterilized without any prior discussion. Her mother was also sterilized without consent decades prior. The discussion comes as women from the U.S., Canada, and around the world confront past abuses of medical professionals who said they were working in the best interests of Indigenous woman.
GUESTS
Madonna Thunderhawk (Lakota), community worker with Standing Strong Grandmothers
Morningstar Mercredi (Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation), traditional oratory storyteller
Kahsenniyo Kick (Mohawk) multi-disciplinary artist and sterilization survivor
Anne Pilegaard Petersen, co-host of “Spiralkampagnen” podcast
56 min